[OZAPRS] OT. Wierd hardware problem

[VK2XCI]

It was a mobo problem!, somewhere around the CPU socket/northbridge 
chip. The mobo has been sent to dev/null!
I have wasted enough time on it!


Tony Hunt wrote:

>Norm,   Like Rod said you wonder about the HD .. I have not been
following
>this thread with full attention I must admit..
>
>Ive seen some hard drive faults that dont exactly look like hard drive
>faults.. Try booting from a live CD when stone cold and see if that
>eliminates the HD from the situation.. Ive also seen memory which errors
>when cold..
>
>Ive seen (like you) CPUs that overheat. Its usually settings like
>overclocking and bad core voltage that dont help this problem.. When
things
>are too cold and need heating up to work its usually a hardware issue at
a
>grass roots level like a dry joint or bad socket.. Ive seen bad CPU
sockets
>that cant be fixed. Once they are ok and reseat properly then dont move
the
>thing and probably it will be ok.. Just never move it again.. If its a
dry
>solder joint on or near the socket then it may be impossible to get at..
>Heating up the CPU will also heat up the surrounding components and
board.
>Have you tried another CPU at all ??
>
>
>Tony Hunt  VK5AH
>
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>>Message: 2
>>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:22:11 +0930
>>From: "Rodney Mitchell" <rodney at melecom.com.au>
>>Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] OT.  Wierd hardware problem
>>To: <vk2xci at aanet.com.au>, "'VK / ZL APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>Message-ID: <000001c6abb8$43174b10$4600a8c0 at rocket>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>>Hi Norm,
>>
>>More than likely the Hard Drive is crook,  better "ghost" it quick!!!!
>>
>>
>>73 de Rod, VK5KFB.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>Behalf Of Norm, VK2XCI
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:36 PM
>>To: OZAPRS
>>Subject: [OZAPRS] OT. Wierd hardware problem
>>
>>Athlon X2600+
>>ECS KT600-A mobo
>>
>>I have seen many CPUs which fail when they get hot.This is the first
>>time I've ever seen one which won't run when its cold!!! Not real cold,
>>Winter's morning room temperature... like 12 or so deg c
>>
>>With each attempt at booting, it gets a little further until it finally
>>makes it to operation. After a short run, it reboots every time. If it's
>>
>>been off for an hour or so, no go!
>>
>>I had to heat the damned thing with a hot air gun to get it to boot!
>>
>>I was able to direct a stream of warm air directly onto the heatsink
>>without heating too much of the mobo, and lo and behold it burst into
>>life!
>>
>>Has anyone else seen this?
>>
>>Any other clues? I don't want to have to replace the mobo and CPU and I
>>cant find a replacement CPU.
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Norm, VK2XCI,
>>Mildura, The Wintersun City
>>QF15bt
>>
>>Victoria, Australia.
>>    
>>
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